As mentioned above, Jin Wushu (Wanyan Zongbing) led 5,000 elite soldiers to raid the Bian Jing Palace through the tunnel left by Wanyan Zongfu. Zhao Huan and his guards retreated to the Jiying Hall and used the advantage of gunpowder to suppress the enemy for a short time. They could only defend themselves and had no power to fight back.
Three hundred archers under Jin Wushu formed a formation, drew their bows and arrows, ready to shoot.
"Shoot!"
Jin Wushu waved his hand, and there was a buzzing sound as the bowstrings trembled. Three hundred arrows shot towards the Jiying Palace like dense raindrops.
"Form a line, form a line, protect His Majesty!"
The leader of the heavy-armored rattan armor soldiers [Menghuo] quickly assembled the troops. The first row squatted, the second row stood up, and the third row held their shields high, forming a steel formation with their shields.
The arrows hit the shields, making tinkling sounds. The heavily armored soldiers ignored the damage from the archers, but their movements were restricted.
Jin Wushu sneered, "Press forward with your infantry and attack their shields fiercely. I want to see how many waves they can withstand."
Amid the sound of "Hey Yo Hey Yo", the infantry and the rattan armor soldiers began to fight in close combat. The weapons in the hands of the Jin soldiers fell heavily on the shields, while the rattan armor soldiers tried their best to hold on, and the sound of clanging was endless.
The eunuch of the East Palace carried a fierce fire oil cabinet on his back and extended the flamethrower from the gap of the shield. There were enemies in front of him, and he didn't need to aim. He pulled and pushed hard, and a column of fire rushed forward with scorching temperature.
The Jin soldiers were caught off guard and were burned by the pillar of fire. The Jin soldiers' hair was curly like thatch, and it immediately caught fire when it touched the sparks, and could not be put out.
To be honest, none of the eunuchs in the East Palace were good people. The flame vents were facing upwards, straight towards the faces of the unprotected Jin soldiers, and a ball of fire covered their heads.
The Jin soldiers retreated continuously after being burned, and they retreated seven or eight meters before they were able to avoid the range of the mixed fire column. The front squeezed the back, and the formation was in chaos, which made Jin Wushu angry and screamed.
The situation was temporarily deadlocked.
Jin Wushu challenged him, "I want to see how much flaming oil you have and how long you can hold out."
Zhao Huan was anxious. The fire oil tank was powerful, but the fire oil was consumed quickly. As the Jin soldiers gathered more and more, the situation became more critical.
"Niu Gao, you have to hurry." Zhao Huan hoped in his heart that Niu Gao could bring Katyusha as soon as possible, block the passage from a distance, and then fight and retreat while waiting for reinforcements.
Besides, Niu Gao, who was highly regarded by Zhao Huan, was now wandering around the palace like a headless fly. What happened?
Alas, Niu Gao didn't know the way. The Bian Jing Palace was full of twists and turns, dark, and there were many palaces. Niu Gao somehow ran to the Renming Palace.
Renming Hall, that's where the Empress lived. Niu Gao didn't know where to go. He turned around and shouted, "Is anyone here? Where is Funing Hall? Show me the way!"
As he walked along, no one responded to him. The eunuchs and guards had all gone to Jiying Palace to rescue the emperor, and the palace maids had all gone to Funing Palace with Zhu Lian. There was no one to be seen in the huge harem.
Niu Gao turned around and walked away, when he suddenly heard a little girl's clear voice behind him: "I know where Funing Palace is."
Niu Gao looked over and saw a little girl about four or five years old, with a delicate face, standing at the door of the house, holding a thin black wooden stick in her hand.
"Hehehe, that would be great."
Zhao Huan rushed over, picked up Zhao Xi and strode out: "Little kid, show me the way!"
“This way!”
"Turn left!"
"More to the right!"
The big and the small worked closely together and soon arrived at the Funing Hall. Niu Gao looked and said, "Oh my god, I ran so far."
In Funing Palace, Queen Zhu Lian and five palace maids have prepared the Katyusha, which can be fired three times. Katyusha is extremely powerful, and she prepared it in advance thinking that it might be needed.
When Niu Gao and Zhu Lian met up, they put Zhao Xi down, picked up Katyusha weighing five or six hundred kilograms and ran towards the Daqing Palace.
Pushing is too slow, lifting is faster.
"Uncle Niu, I'll go with you. Don't get lost again!"
Zhao Xi volunteered and without waiting for Zhu Lian to refuse, he ran to the front to lead the way.
The Funing Hall is not far from the Daqing Hall, only about 2,000 meters, or 4 miles. Niu Gao, holding Katyusha, ran more than three miles in one breath. From a distance, he could see the Jin soldiers pouring out of the underground passage.
The tunnel entrance had been expanded to a radius of ten meters by the Jin soldiers, and soldiers holding torches formed a circle to protect the tunnel exit.
Niu Gao made Katyusha squat on the ground, breathing heavily. He put the rockets into the barrel one by one, adjusted the direction, pointed it at the tunnel entrance, took out the fire starter, and lit it directly.
“Swish, swish, swish! Swish, swish, swish!”
Amidst curling flames and billowing smoke, twenty-five rockets broke through the air and appeared in the center of the Jin army in the blink of an eye. The violent explosion knocked the Jin soldiers to the ground, and blood and flesh flew everywhere.
The Jin army was too dense, and in just this one wave, there were about a hundred casualties.
When the smoke cleared, Niu Gao took a look and thought, oh no.
The 25 rockets missed their target and landed next to the tunnel entrance, about 20 to 30 meters away.
"Oh my, what should I do?"
Niu Gao hurriedly reloaded. Just as he finished reloading and was about to adjust the direction, the Jin soldiers guarding the tunnel entrance had already rushed up. They had just been ambushed by the black man with firearms.
Jin Wushu ordered them to guard the passage. If they succeeded, it would be a great achievement! If they failed, they would lose their heads.
Seeing that the big black man failed in his first attack and was about to try again, he quickly gathered twenty or thirty of his brothers and rushed up.
There was no choice but for Niu Gao to fight back and run forward dozens of meters to prevent Katyusha from being implicated.
"Hey, little girl. Aim in the direction towards the Jin soldiers, light the gunpowder, and then run towards the Funing Palace."
Niu Gao tried his best to save the situation. Even if he couldn't blow up the tunnel entrance, killing some Jin soldiers would be good.
Somehow, Niu Gao felt that this little girl could accomplish great things. Although she was young, she was very brave. In this situation, there was no fear on her face at all. She was a real character.
Niu Gao picked up a steel knife and rushed forward.
Zhao Xi thought about the scene in the afternoon when Doctor Sun launched the Katyusha. While gesturing the direction, he struggled to adjust the direction of the launch port.
A little higher, a little to the right, okay, almost there.
Zhao Xi thought about it in his mind, picked up the tinder on the ground, lit the gunpowder, and then ran back.
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Outside the Jiying Hall, Zhao Huan looked at the flame in the eunuch's hand which was getting smaller and smaller. He could no longer hold on and had to find a way to deal with the archers.
"A heart of loyalty can quell a chaotic world, and a spear in hand can secure the country."
With a loud roar, three people suddenly jumped out from the Jin army, rushed into the archers' formation and smashed their weapons. The archers were stunned and fell down in groups like wheat being cut.
The archer never understood what was going on until he died. We are family.
When the archers were in chaos, Zhao Huan quickly ordered the eunuchs and soldiers in rattan armor to charge forward, killing Jin Wushu and his men.
The Song Dynasty's men were brave, while Jin Wushu's men had more people, and the two sides fought in a melee.
Zhao Huan was also puzzled. Who were these three people? They even announced their names before making a move.
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